Samotna kobieta w wieku średnim – jej obawy i dążenia do zmian
A Middle-Aged Lonely Woman – Her Concerns and Aspirations for Change

Summary/Abstract: The study presented in the publication was located in a qualitative methodology. The aim of the research was to understand concerns and aspirations for change in the lives of 35–42-year-old childless and unmarried women. The results have proved that the interviewees are anxious about future. Their anxiety has been exacerbated by the death of their parents, experienced loneliness, and lack of the sense of life. Since the participants had lost their hope to find a right man and thus become a wife, they began to think about being a mother only. However, their true desire was to create a full family, not one plus one model. The use of the sperm bank, an arrangement with a male friend, or a passionate affair with a stranger, were considered as possible ways for procreation. One of the most important problems of delayed motherhood envisaged by the examined women was the lack of support in childcare from grandparents.

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